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Sequential Patterns: A new Corpus-Based Method to Inform the Teaching of Language for Specific Purposes

Dominique Legallois1 and Anne Prunet1
  • 1 University of Caen, France

Abstract

In this study, we present an original study that aims to show how pedagogically important lexico-grammatical patterns, which are typical of certain genres, can be identified and taught at every educational level, in particular for learners of French for Specific Purposes. These patterns, called Sequential Patterns, constitute a more powerful paradigm than lexical bundles or “P-frames” because they combine different levels of abstraction (word forms, lemmas, POS tags). As they are typical of a textual genre, some of these items reveal the abstract phraseological dimension of texts.

Journal of Social Sciences
Volume 11 No. 3, 2015, 128-138

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/jssp.2015.128.138

Submitted On: 7 May 2015 Published On: 13 August 2015

How to Cite: Legallois, D. & Prunet, A. (2015). Sequential Patterns: A new Corpus-Based Method to Inform the Teaching of Language for Specific Purposes. Journal of Social Sciences, 11(3), 128-138. https://doi.org/10.3844/jssp.2015.128.138

Open AccessCopyright: © 2015 Dominique Legallois and Anne Prunet. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Keywords

  • Sequential Patterns
  • Teaching of Language for Specific Purposes
  • Lexical Bundles
  • P-frames
  • Phraseology